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senate. >>> it has been two months since hurricane sandy hit the northeast. but the relief bill is still stalled in the u.s. senate. that's called adding insult the injury. the superstorm damaged or destroyed 350,000 homes and knocked out power to 18 million people in 1 states and killed 132 merges. private citizens and businesses did that part to the tune of $300 million but that's not nearly enough. the governors of new york, new jersey and connecticut need nearly $80 billion in aid. that means the federal government. the president has called for a $60 billion recovery package and democrats have done just that but there is one problem, pork and a lot of it. is it larded up with a lot of non-sandy costs including $150 million for fisheries in alaska and $41 million for military bases including guantanamo bay and you can't get much further from the jersey shore. republicans refused the package and proposed a $24 billion alternative. it cuts $13 billion set aside to protect against future disasters. the solution should be simple, cut the pork and keep the reli
senate. >>> it has been two months since hurricane sandy hit the northeast. but the relief bill is still stalled in the u.s. senate. that's called adding insult the injury. the superstorm damaged or destroyed 350,000 homes and knocked out power to 18 million people in 1 states and killed 132 merges. private citizens and businesses did that part to the tune of $300 million but that's not nearly enough. the governors of new york, new jersey and connecticut need nearly $80 billion in aid....
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the senate late tonight approving a $60.4 billion bill to rebuild after superstorm sandy. now, it goes to the house, but if both chambers fail to agree on a package before the current congressional term expires, then everyone will have to start again from scratch. >>> keeping them honest, this has been the least productive congress in modern history. at last count, a little more than 200 bills enacted. by comparison, the 80th congress, which then-president harry truman called the do-nothing congress, it managed to pass 906 bills into law. think about that as you watch the next report about one of the few things lawmakers seem to agree on, dismantling a little known office that's designed for one simple thing, keeping them honest. >> what is outrageous about it is you see members of congress on both sides saying they have zero tolerance for unethical conduct, but behind closed doors, they're quietly trying to kill the one body in congress that is trying to seriously go after unethical members. >> melanie sloan is director of c.r.e.w. or citizens for responsibility and ethic
the senate late tonight approving a $60.4 billion bill to rebuild after superstorm sandy. now, it goes to the house, but if both chambers fail to agree on a package before the current congressional term expires, then everyone will have to start again from scratch. >>> keeping them honest, this has been the least productive congress in modern history. at last count, a little more than 200 bills enacted. by comparison, the 80th congress, which then-president harry truman called the...
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the postal service could go bankrupt and hurricane sandy relief could be stalled. so what needs to happen for congress to wake up? "outfront" tonight -- welcome. >> first for you, the fiscal cliff, the world's most predictable political problem. this is the cover of "the washington post" the day after the election saying time to deal with the debt. everybody knows it. that was the whole idea, right? this was the big plan. election year is too divisive to get anything done. just kick the lame duck. so what happened? why can't congress find a way to work together, even with a gun at their head? >> because they don't get along. i think it may have been naive of some of us to think that the election was going to be the magic formula and they would play well in the sand box after the election. what's it going to take? i think it's going to take for us to go off the cliff and the american public demanding action. i think we're going to see that over and over again. it's going to be the american public demanding action on gun control. it's going to be the american public
the postal service could go bankrupt and hurricane sandy relief could be stalled. so what needs to happen for congress to wake up? "outfront" tonight -- welcome. >> first for you, the fiscal cliff, the world's most predictable political problem. this is the cover of "the washington post" the day after the election saying time to deal with the debt. everybody knows it. that was the whole idea, right? this was the big plan. election year is too divisive to get anything...
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consume all the money, we're going to vote on $60 billion for new york and area relief for hurricane sandy. that will consume a full year's worth of this tax increase that's proposed. >> let me just go back. it's so important, because we've had two years now of debates about all of this. each time we've only done spending cuts that hit middle class families and senior citizens the most. we are at a point where we're saying, no more. when congressman issa says everybody ought to be in and treated the same, that's fine. in the last decade we've seen wall street bailed out. we've seen more tax cuts for the wealthy while we have gone two wars and gone into debt. we have to right-size the ship. i support common sense spending cuts and voted for them. it's time for everybody to be all in. >> the debt is $16 trillion. >> there's no question about it. we've seen business people come together across the country saying they're willing to give a little more. the ceo of fedex said it's a washington myth that somehow ail loug the taxes to go back up to the clinton era time will impede growth. i mean, t
consume all the money, we're going to vote on $60 billion for new york and area relief for hurricane sandy. that will consume a full year's worth of this tax increase that's proposed. >> let me just go back. it's so important, because we've had two years now of debates about all of this. each time we've only done spending cuts that hit middle class families and senior citizens the most. we are at a point where we're saying, no more. when congressman issa says everybody ought to be in and...
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we make the sandy hook, which was a tragedy, a big deal. why don't the politicians come to the funerals of the dead african-american and latino kids who get killed by the hundreds and hundreds and hundreds. they're pushed to the side. i'm not diminishing the others, i'm just saying president obama, show up at a funeral here in chicago once and a while too. >> john kass, everyone. >>> 2,000 guns are off streets of los angeles, a record-breaking number for the city's gun buyback event. with the guns that were exchanged for grocery gift cards, two rocket launchers. >>> no word on whether the launchers were the real deal. the l.a. police chief told the times that the weapons would not be checked for connections to crimes in fear of deterring people from turning them in. >>> in utah, about 200 teachers are learning how to use a gun. they attended a free gun training class geared towards helping them fight back if needed. fighting back is something educators are thinking about since the tragedy at sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecti
we make the sandy hook, which was a tragedy, a big deal. why don't the politicians come to the funerals of the dead african-american and latino kids who get killed by the hundreds and hundreds and hundreds. they're pushed to the side. i'm not diminishing the others, i'm just saying president obama, show up at a funeral here in chicago once and a while too. >> john kass, everyone. >>> 2,000 guns are off streets of los angeles, a record-breaking number for the city's gun buyback...
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did that make hurricane sandy bigger? probably. 10% bigger, whatever it might be. if you're breaking records every year in 2012, it will go down as the warmest year every for the u.s. then you know something is going on. and it is -- whether you believe it is man made or not and we do believe it is man made, partially, if every storm is 10% bigger than the last record storm, you're going to start to get people in danger, especially along the coastal communities. >> all right. we'll have to be mindful of that, protect ourselves. chad, thank you. good to see you. happy new year. >>> "cnn newsroom" continues now with deb feyerick. hey, deb. >>> hello, everyone. happy new year. i'm deborah feyerick. i want to welcome all our viewers from around the world. right now, all eyes on washington where american lawmakers are trying to complete a deal to avoid an economic meltdown. technically the nation went over the fiscal cliff when the new year began. but practically the senate pulled a parachute that should soften the fall. about 2:00 a.m. eastern, senators passed a round
did that make hurricane sandy bigger? probably. 10% bigger, whatever it might be. if you're breaking records every year in 2012, it will go down as the warmest year every for the u.s. then you know something is going on. and it is -- whether you believe it is man made or not and we do believe it is man made, partially, if every storm is 10% bigger than the last record storm, you're going to start to get people in danger, especially along the coastal communities. >> all right. we'll have...
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if we don'ten respond after the sandy hook elementary school massacre, we really are complicit in the next massacre of innocent children and we've got to ask ourselves, is our political future really more important than the lives of these innocent children. >> congressman jim moran, thank you very much for coming in and speaking to us about the legislation today. thank you. >> you bet. >>> down to the wire. congressional leaders scrambling to reach a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff before tuesday's deadline. >>> milk, get this, milk $7 a gallon? it could happen if congress doesn't pass a new farm bill. >>> and then smartphone apps. we'll tell you the best buys of 2012. i know. i'm will, and this is the nokia lumia 920 from at&t. it's got live tiles so all my stuff's always right there in real-time. it's like the ultimate personal assistant. but i'm me, and me needs handlers. so i hired todd to handle it for me. todd, gimme that hollywood news! what's happening on twitter? you're trending! yes! you can't have a todd, but you can have your own personal assistant. i guess you could call i
if we don'ten respond after the sandy hook elementary school massacre, we really are complicit in the next massacre of innocent children and we've got to ask ourselves, is our political future really more important than the lives of these innocent children. >> congressman jim moran, thank you very much for coming in and speaking to us about the legislation today. thank you. >> you bet. >>> down to the wire. congressional leaders scrambling to reach a deal to avoid the...
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. >> dana, since the sandy hook elementary school shootings on december 14th, there have been almost 250 gun deaths in north america or just about 13 gun deaths for each day, and even this morning we learned there was a shooting at a police station in camden, new jersey. so, you know, you mentioned gun control as an issue that the president needed to really get working on pretty quickly in january. how is that going to compete with other agenda items and how will the president and i would also say the outside groups really keep the pressure on to make sure that something meaningful happens? >> you know, that's a very good question, karen, and in a sense i wonder if it's already too late. if you don't act on these things quickly, people stop talking about it. the gun rights activists and the nra don't stop talking about it. they regain the traction they had momentarily lost. there is still hope for that issue, but the president really needs to move on that in january wile also remembering that the first three priorities are the economy, the economy, and the economy. >> how -- i think
. >> dana, since the sandy hook elementary school shootings on december 14th, there have been almost 250 gun deaths in north america or just about 13 gun deaths for each day, and even this morning we learned there was a shooting at a police station in camden, new jersey. so, you know, you mentioned gun control as an issue that the president needed to really get working on pretty quickly in january. how is that going to compete with other agenda items and how will the president and i would...
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man: and now we're helping the east coast recover from hurricane sandy. we're a leading global insurance company, based right here in america. we've repaid every dollar america lent us. everything, plus a profit of more than $22 billion. for the american people. thank you, america. helping people recover and rebuild -- that's what we do. now let's bring on tomorrow. [ male announcer ] the way it moves. the way it cleans. everything about the oral-b power brush is simply revolutionary. oral-b power brushes oscillate, rotate and even pulsate to gently loosen and break up that sticky plaque with more brush movements than manual brushes and even up to 50% more than leading sonic technology brushes for a superior clean. oral-b power brushes. go to oralb.com for the latest offers. >>> news of a blood clot between hillary clinton's brain and her skull now raising some questions about her future. will her current health crisis have any impact at all? cnn's mary snow is back with this part of the story. first, what's the latest on hillary clinton's condition, mary
man: and now we're helping the east coast recover from hurricane sandy. we're a leading global insurance company, based right here in america. we've repaid every dollar america lent us. everything, plus a profit of more than $22 billion. for the american people. thank you, america. helping people recover and rebuild -- that's what we do. now let's bring on tomorrow. [ male announcer ] the way it moves. the way it cleans. everything about the oral-b power brush is simply revolutionary. oral-b...
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sandy crowley, washington. >> one of the biggest political moments playing out right now at the white house. let's go live there to the white house you november and show you what is going on. there it is. the president has made a proposal. it says if they don't have a counter proposal, the president is asking for an up or down vote in the house and the senate. picking it up from here, candy crowley will be doing "the situation room". thanks for watching. now to candy. >>> happening now, new details of the meeting between president obama and congressional leaders for what could be a last-ditch effort to avoid the fiscal cliff. >>> families in the making ripped apart. russia officially bans the adoption of russian children by americans. >>> and for the second time in a month, a man pushed to his death from a new york city subway platform in the path of an oncoming train. wolf blitzer is off. i'm candy crowley. you're in "the situation room." >>> all eyes on that white house this hour. and the meeting that may be the last best chance to keep the country from going over the fiscal cliff.
sandy crowley, washington. >> one of the biggest political moments playing out right now at the white house. let's go live there to the white house you november and show you what is going on. there it is. the president has made a proposal. it says if they don't have a counter proposal, the president is asking for an up or down vote in the house and the senate. picking it up from here, candy crowley will be doing "the situation room". thanks for watching. now to candy....
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. >> well, for the presidential race it was the arrival of hurricane sandy. that was a moment that changed the dynamic. changed the coverage of the race. allowed the president to elevate his presence and message and persona in the race in a way that i think cemented or solidified or at least contributed greatly to his victory. >> i disagree completely. i think it was the 47% video. when that emerged, i think that that really was what sort of calcified the image of mitt romney that the president's ads had been maintaining for months and i think it was very hard even with a poor debate performance from obama at first to come back from. >> in 1984 i knew mondale was going to lose when he gave his acceptance speech and said, the next president has to raise taxes. he won't tell you, i just did. this year i believed i knew that mitt romney was going to lose when he said, i will veto the d.r.e.a.m. act if it gets to my desk. when he said that in republican debate, i knew he couldn't get to 30% among latinos and i knew he was done. >> it sounds like an obvious answer
. >> well, for the presidential race it was the arrival of hurricane sandy. that was a moment that changed the dynamic. changed the coverage of the race. allowed the president to elevate his presence and message and persona in the race in a way that i think cemented or solidified or at least contributed greatly to his victory. >> i disagree completely. i think it was the 47% video. when that emerged, i think that that really was what sort of calcified the image of mitt romney that...
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. >> reporter: new jersey governor chris christie's full on embrace of president obama for helping sandy ravaged new jersey came days before the election and had no noticeable effect on .presidential race, but some republicans think christie didn't have to be that effusive. they'll remember if his name pops up in 2016. >> if it is a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. >> reporter: from the say what category of entries comes a combo team. missouri senate candidate todd akin and richard murdoch of indiana. >> life is a gift from god. i think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape that it is something that god intended to happen. >> reporter: republican dreams to take control of the senate in 2012 had dwindled throughout the year, but akin and murdoch pretty much shut that door in a couple of sentences. two words from mitt romney during the primary reverberated all the way through to november. the issue was his plan to prevent employers from hiring undocumented workers. >> people who have come here illegally won't be able to find
. >> reporter: new jersey governor chris christie's full on embrace of president obama for helping sandy ravaged new jersey came days before the election and had no noticeable effect on .presidential race, but some republicans think christie didn't have to be that effusive. they'll remember if his name pops up in 2016. >> if it is a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. >> reporter: from the say what category of entries comes a combo...